I’ve been keeping a running tab of the books that reference my work and/or quote me. Authors on the right, such as John Fund, Phyllis Schafly, Michael Reagan, David Horowitz, and Michelle Malkin rely on my research and commentary. Authors on the left, such as Arianna Huffington, Thomas Frank, and Center for American Progress visiting fellow Shirley Sagawa, have also given my work a vote of confidence by relying on it. Here is the list as of January 7, 2014: * asterisk indicates New York Times bestseller In reverse chronological order (sorted by year): 58) Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle … Continue reading 58: That’s how many books cite my work

My article from the Dec. 30, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: The New York Times’ Benghazi Revisionism By Matthew Vadum To help put Hillary Clinton in the White House, the once-great New York Times has published a dubious report swallowing the Obama administration’s lies about the Sept. 11, 2012 Islamist attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya. In an act of journalistic malfeasance, the agenda-setting newspaper of record concluded over the weekend that the once-obscure “Innocence of Muslims” YouTube video sparked the armed assault that left four Americans dead at the height of last year’s presidential election cycle. The newspaper also concluded that … Continue reading The New York Times’ Benghazi Revisionism

My article from the Dec. 27, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: 2014: A Bad Year for the Left? By Matthew Vadum Most political indicators point to a terrible 2014 for American leftism amidst an auspicious resurgence of conservatism throughout the nation. As Americans continue to suffer in the weak Obama-era economy and as their anxiety over President Obama’s hated health care program grows, an electoral tsunami appears to be in the offing. Americans have never bought into President Obama’s contention that income inequality was what he called “the defining challenge of our time.” The AP-Times Square New Year’s Eve Poll … Continue reading 2014: A Bad Year for the Left?

My article from the Dec. 6, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Labor Storms the Golden Arches By Matthew Vadum Urged on by a failing left-wing president, labor unions are laying siege to America’s fast food restaurants in a desperate bid to stay relevant in the twenty-first century. They say they want to double the national minimum wage, raising it to $15 an hour, in the misguided pursuit of improving the lot of low-wage employees. As the Washington Free Beacon notes, President Obama called for a $9 an hour national minimum wage in his State of the Union address earlier this … Continue reading Labor Storms the Golden Arches

My article from the Dec. 5, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Obama’s Pointless Dog and Pony Show By Matthew Vadum As the flaws inherent in Obamacare become increasingly difficult for even the most news-averse Americans to ignore, President Obama is embarking on a probably futile crusade to sell the public on his signature legislative monstrosity. Obama seems destined to get an even less enthusiastic reception from the public than George W. Bush received during the 43rd president’s ill-fated and largely forgotten 2005 crusade to reform Social Security. Although Obama announced he is embarking on a three-week tour to convince Americans … Continue reading Obama’s Pointless Dog and Pony Show

My article from the Nov. 29, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: Obama’s New Imperial Decree By Matthew Vadum For purely partisan reasons, the Obama administration cynically unveiled extra-legal plans on the eve of Thanksgiving to unilaterally delay the launch of a website for small businesses to select plans through federal health care insurance exchanges. It’s just the latest sleazy political move by the Community-Organizer-in-Chief to salvage his party’s fading electoral prospects by delaying at least some of the approaching tens of millions of health insurance policy cancellations until after the national vote next November. It is also a sign of … Continue reading Obama’s New Imperial Decree

My article from the Nov. 25, 2013 issue of FrontPage Magazine: ACORN Wannabes May Get $4 Billion By Matthew Vadum Radical in-your-face pressure groups that are part of President Obama’s political machine may soon reap a $4 billion windfall thanks to a huge cash settlement the administration extracted from lending giant JPMorgan. The settlement, which weighs in at a total of $13 billion, was unveiled last week by the Justice Department. In it JPMorgan acknowledged what DoJ called “serious misrepresentations to the public” about the mortgage securities transactions. The $4 billion is supposed to be used to provide relief to underwater homeowners and … Continue reading ACORN Wannabes May Get $4 Billion

My article from today’s FrontPage Magazine: The Emperor’s New Rules By Matthew Vadum Stung by public anger and his rapidly plunging approval ratings, President Obama wants to delay the cancellation of existing health care insurance policies for one year. It has nothing to do with the public interest. It has everything to do with crass political calculations. As an electoral tsunami gradually develops that threatens to drown Democrats and give Republicans a healthy majority in the Senate, Democrats remain focused. They are clinging to the increasingly unlikely prospect of recapturing the House of Representatives in next year’s elections, a move … Continue reading The Emperor’s New Rules

My article from today’s FrontPage Magazine: Purging and Transforming Our Military By Matthew Vadum President Obama hasn’t just been hollowing out the military since taking office, he’s been gutting it, purging it of ideologically hostile personnel, and fundamentally transforming it into something other than a war-fighting force, military experts say. Although few with military ties are willing to say it openly, it seems the administration is leading an orchestrated effort to seriously undermine the readiness of the military. Some reports indicate that Obama has purged 197 senior military officers since moving into the White House and that many of the … Continue reading Purging and Transforming Our Military